Verb Conjugations

Verb paradigms are called conjugations. There are generally four conjugations (conveniently numbered one through four). These distinctions are made based upon the stem vowel. The first conjugation has a stem vowel in -â- (long -a-), the second in -ê- (long -e-), the third in -e- (short -e- that will often become -i-), and the fourth in -î- (long -i-).

This stem vowel attaches to the stem of the word and is followed by the ending for the word. For example:

the verb amo, amare, amavi, amatum has "am-" as its stem and "-â-" as the connecting stem vowel. The personal endings -o, -s, -t, -mus, -tis, -nt combine with the -â- to complete the morphology of the word.

Select one of the following conjugations and voices to view the complete paradigm by conjugation: